The number of patients with Covid-19 in hospitals has increased to 1,700, according to Health Service Executive CEO Paul Reid.

Minister for Children Roderic O'Gorman will bring the final report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and other related matters to Cabinet this morning.

Japan is working to isolate and analyse a new variant of the coronavirus detected in four people who arrived from Brazil, a health ministry official said.

US President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have met for the first time since rioters stormed the Capitol last week, signaling a united front as Democratic efforts to impeach Mr Trump gain momentum.

The European Medicines Agency has received a request for approval from AstraZeneca for the Covid-19 vaccine it developed with Oxford University.

There are more than 100 Covid-19 outbreaks in nursing homes across Ireland, with 50 new outbreaks being reported since 1 January.

A federal judge in Indiana last night blocked the execution of Lisa Montgomery, a convicted murderer and the only woman on federal death row in the United States.

A gorilla has tested positive for Covid-19 at San Diego Zoo Safari Park in California with as many as eight members of the troop presumed to have contracted the disease from a human handler.

New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick said on Monday he has decided not to accept the Medal of Freedom from US President Donald Trump in the wake of last week's siege of the Capitol by the president's supporters.

Minister for Children Roderic O'Gorman will seek approval from Cabinet for the publication of the long-awaited report by the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes.

The Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes published its fifth interim report on 17 April 2019. It dealt with burial practices.

Two members of the US Congress have tested positive for the coronavirus, with one accusing Republicans of refusing to wear masks and mocking those who did during a riot at the US Capitol last week.

The Chair of the Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group Professor Philip Nolan has said that while case numbers of Covid-19 appear to be stabilising, "our health services remain very much under strain".

Ireland now has the highest daily number of new confirmed Covid-19 cases in the world for every million people, according to figures published by the Our World in Data organisation.

Intensive care nurse at Dublin's Mater Hospital, Róisín McCourt, has urged people to "keep your guard up" in the fight against Covid-19.

Dutch customs officials have been filmed confiscating sandwiches and other food from passengers on a ferry from Britain, blaming new post-Brexit trade rules.

The 14-day incidence rate, no backlog of new cases and Ireland 'beginning to turn a corner' - here are five things we learned from this evening's briefing at the Department of Health.

Moderna has said that deliveries of its coronavirus vaccine to EU and EEA Member States will begin today, with the chair of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee saying she understands a quantity of the vaccine will be in Ireland this week.

Democrats have formally begun the process of impeaching US President Donald Trump for a second time if Vice President Mike Pence and the cabinet do not remove him from office.

Although Government reports are frequently leaked, the Mother and Baby Homes Commission's report was particularly sensitive and its leaking has caused tensions within the Coalition.